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Table of Contents

Welcome to ISIRC 2015 ………………………………………………………………….………………. 3 Biographies Host Biography…..…………….……..………………………….……………………………….…………. 5 Keynote Speaker Biographies ….…….……....………………………………………….….….. 6 - 9 Committee Member Biographies ..…..………..…………………………………………… 10 - 18 The York Management School and University of York ..……..…………………… 19 - 23 York and the Region …………………………………………………………………………………….. 24 Our Supporters and Sponsors …………………………………………………………………….. 25 The Skoll Centre for Social Enterprise, Oxford University…………..…..………. 26 - 28 The University of Northampton ……………………………..……………………………… 29 - 31 Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University ………..………………………………………………………………………… …………. 32 - 34 Joseph Rowntree Foundation ……………..…………………………………………………. 35 - 39 Getting to the University ………………….…………………………………………………….. 40- 45 University Accommodation ……………………………………………………………………. 46 - 48 How to Access Free Wifi ….……………………………………………………………………………. 49 What to do in York ………………………………………………….……………………………… 50 - 55

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Welcome to ISIRC 2015

Welcome to York and the 7th International Social Innovation Research conference (ISIRC). We

feel honoured at York to host an event that brings together a community of researchers that

continues to grow and thrive. When the first ISIRC conference took place 7 years ago Social

Innovation was an emerging concept and we were very excited to contribute to the

development of such an important field. As scholars we felt not only a sense of urgency to

understand this phenomenon emerging across countries and cultures but also a deep interest

in these new research avenues.

The sense of urgency we felt has been deepened by a number of challenges including;

increasing gap between rich and poor, reductions in national social welfare budgets, food

poverty, climate change and significant demographic changes. The good news is that research

into these urgent problems has grown and this year we welcome scholars from over 15

countries to the conference. Our keynote speakers provide new insights to motivate our own

research plans. We have over 80 papers which include new exciting tracks such as; Food

poverty and insecurity, Social Market places and Economic Underpinnings.

I would like to thank all the participants and the support team for bringing this conference

together. During the next 3 days we will have the chance to exchange new research and ideas

and I really hope you enjoy both the conference and the City of York.

Kind Regards,

Bob Doherty

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Biographies

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The York Management School

Professor Bob Doherty Deputy Dean

The York Management School

Professor Bob Doherty is Chair of Marketing and Deputy Dean at The York Management School,

University of York. Bob specialises his research on the marketing and management aspects of

social enterprises and fair trade organisations. Bob is a research leader at the York

Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI). Bob has been editor in chief for 8-years of the

Social Enterprise Journal (published by Emerald Publishers). Prior to moving into academia Bob

spent five years as Head of Sales & Marketing at the Fairtrade social enterprise, Divine

Chocolate.

Bob has published on social enterprise in the Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of

Management Reviews, Business History Journal and Journal of Strategic Marketing. He was also

author of the first text book in social enterprise management titled ‘Management for Social

Enterprise’. Bob is currently Principal Investigator on a White Rose funded grant called Building

Up Resilience in Supply Chains (BURNS) working in partnership with University of Leeds and

Sheffield and various stakeholders in the UK Food Industry including retailers, manufacturers

and processors. From 2004-2009 he was a member of the Cooperative Food Group’s

Responsible Retail Advisory Panel.

In recent years Bob has been able to secure research grant income from an exciting range of stakeholders including; government departments such as Department for International Development, the European Social Fund, third sector sources such as Comic Relief African Grants Committee, the Fairtrade Foundation and Royal Society of Arts and a number of private sector sources such as RBS/NatWest.

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Speaker Bios

Professor Jacques Defourny University of Liege

PhD in economics (University of Liege, Belgium), also holds Master's degrees in economics

(Catholic University of Louvain) and in public administration (Cornell University, USA). A full

professor of third sector economics and comparative economic systems at HEC - Management

School, University of Liege, he acts as a director of the Centre for Social Economy he founded in

1992.

He is also the founding coordinator (1996-2001) and the first president (2002-2010) of the

EMES European Research Network, which gathers 15 university research centres working on

social enterprise and various facets of the "third sector". Jacques Defourny also acts as a

coordinator, with Marthe Nyssens, of the "International Comparative Social Enterprise Models

(ICSEM)" Project (2013-2017), which involves more than 200 researchers from 50 countries in

all world regions.

In addition to numerous articles, he has published twelve books among which is the renowned:

The Emergence of Social Enterprise (with C Borzaga, eds) Routledge, London and New York,

2001. His last book is entitled Social Enterprise and the Third Sector (co-edited with L Hulgard

and V Pestoff), Routledge, 2014.

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Professor Tom Lumpkin The Chris J. Witting Chair in Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University, New York.

He is a globally recognized scholar whose research interests include entrepreneurial

orientation, social entrepreneurship, and family business. His research has been published in

the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Entrepreneurship

Theory & Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of

Management, and Strategic Management Journal. Tom is a Co-Editor of Strategic

Entrepreneurship Journal and serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Business Venturing,

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, Group and

Organization Management, and Family Business Review. He is the co-author of a textbook

entitled Strategic Management: Creating Competitive Advantages with Greg Dees, Gerry

McNamara and Alan Eisner, now in its seventh edition. His co-edited book The Landscape of

Family Business (with Ritch Sorenson, Keith Brigham and Andy Yu) was published in September

2013.

Professor Alex Nicholls

Oxford University

Dr Alex Nicholls is professor in Social Entrepreneurship within the Skoll Centre for Social

Entrepreneurship at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. His research interests range

across several key areas within social entrepreneurship and social innovation, including: the

nexus of relationships between accounting, accountability and governance; public and social

policy contexts; impact investing; and Fair Trade. As the first staff member of the Skoll Centre

for Social Entrepreneurship in 2004, Nicholls has helped the Centre develop a global profile in

researching and teaching social entrepreneurship. Alex is the editor of Social Entrepreneurship:

New Models of Sustainable Social Change (Oxford University Press, 2006), the first book to

present a wide-ranging, internationally-focused collection of key social entrepreneurship work

from leading academics, policy makers and practitioners. His latest book is Social Innovation:

Blurring Boundaries to Reconfigure Markets (Palgrave MacMIllan, 2011).

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Dr Helen Haugh

University of Cambridge, Judge Business School and Centre for Social Innovation

Helen Haugh organised the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Community Enterprise Research Conferences in

2003, 2004 and 2006 respectively. In 2008 she established the Tata International Social

Entrepreneurship Scheme, which offers final year undergraduate or postgraduate students at

the University of Cambridge the opportunity to work on social entrepreneurship and corporate

social responsibility projects within the Tata Group of Companies in India.

She was previously a lecturer at the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Department of Management

Studies, University of Aberdeen, where she taught strategic marketing, business policy, and

management. Her current research interests include: organisational theory and institutional

theory, social and community entrepreneurship, corporate engagement with social issues and

business ethics and qualitative research methods, particularly ethnography.

Dr Diane Holt (Reader)

Essex Business School, University of Essex

Diane Holt is the Principal Investigator for the Trickle Out of Africa Project (TOA) which

considers the impact of social and environmental enterprises on poverty alleviation and

sustainable development across the 19 countries of Southern and Eastern Africa. Now based at

University of Essex as a Reader in Management, she was formerly Principal Lecturer at

Middlesex University Business School (1996-2007). Diane has published more than 75 peer

reviewed journal articles, book chapters and conference papers. She has won over 340K of

external income including awards from the ESRC, British Academy, Nuffield Foundation and the

British Council. Her most recent award is from the British Council Researcher Links programme

to run a workshop for 34 early career researchers at the University of Cape Town in March 2015

on "Development through Enterprise - Inclusive and sustainable futures through

entrepreneurial initiatives and cross-sector partnerships" in association with the lead South

Africa researcher Dr Eliada Griffin-El.

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Professor John Thompson Anglia Ruskin University

John Thompson started his working life in book retailing and then, after a number of years in sales and marketing in the steel industry, he joined the academic world. He is currently Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at Anglia Ruskin University (part time) and Emeritus Professor of Entrepreneurship Education at the University of Huddersfield. He has spent time as a Visiting Professor at Universities in Finland, Australia and New Zealand. He has written a number of books on entrepreneurship (with Bill Bolton) and strategy; as well as a number of journal articles and papers, he has also been an active case writer and is a great believer in the power of both case teaching and storytelling. To this end he has always maintained active links with both large and small organisations to carry out his research. He started to develop his interest in social entrepreneurs when he became actively engaged in the Duke of York's Community Initiative and since then has worked with a number of social enterprises and charities and helped with the start-up of several small businesses. In 2009 he

was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion.

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Committee Member Bios

Simone Baglioni

Simone is a Reader in Politics at the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow

School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University. He holds a PhD in Political

Science from the University of Geneva, a Laurea (MA degree) in Political Science, University of

Florence, and a Pier Certificate, Sciences-Po Paris.

He has worked in the last three years on EU funded comparative research focused on the

effects of unemployment on young people social and political inclusion across seven countries

(www.younex.unige.ch). His forthcoming research focuses on Social Enterprises and Social

Innovation and Skills and Education for Youth Employment.

Tim Curtis

Timothy is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health at the University of Northampton. His

current research interests are the effects on mental wellbeing of the use of 'neptic-

psychotherapeutic' interventions from the Orthodox Christian tradition. He is also developing a

programme of Spirituality Studies within the School of Health

He teaches Social and Community Development and is actively involved in the University's

strategic commitment to developing Social Enterprise. He is an Unltd/HEFCE Ambassador for

Social Entrepreneurship in Higher Education and has initiated the 'Social Enterprise Campus'

which acts as a framework for new students to explore social enterprise ideas and be assisted in

their first steps to explore socially just enterprises.

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Pascal Dey

Dr Pascal Dey, Institute of Business Ethic, University of St. Gallen received a MA in Psychology

from the University of Bern, and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Basel. In his

interdisciplinary research on social entrepreneurship, he has focused particularly on the

interplay between discourse, power and identity, thus inquiring both the limiting effects of

hegemonic discourse as well as how practitioners’ counter-conducts alter existing power

relations. Pascal Dey’s most recent interest lies in the Sociology of Flows, which he invokes to

conceptualise social innovation and change as the result of distinct socio-material

(re)assemblings. Pascal is currently editing a book on critical research on social

entrepreneurship and co-editing a special issue on alternative perspectives of entrepreneurship

in the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research (with Deidre Tedmanson,

Karen Verduyn, and Caroline Essers).

Janelle Bassett Kerlin Janelle Kerlin is an Associate Professor in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. She holds

an M.S. in social work from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in political science from the

Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Prior to joining the faculty, she was a research associate

in the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at The Urban Institute in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Kerlin conducts research on politics and policy related to nonprofit development and

operation often from an international perspective. Her present areas of interest include social

enterprise and international nonprofit organizations. Current research involves a comparative

study of social enterprise development across countries and research on trends in nonprofit

commercial activity in the United States.

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Fergus Lyon

Fergus Lyon is a Professor of Enterprise and Organisations in the Centre for Enterprise and

Economic Development Research, Middlesex University in London and Deputy Director of the

ESRC Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity. His research interests include

social and sustainable enterprises, provision of public services by social enterprises, clustering

and networks of enterprises, ethnic minority enterprise, and enterprise support policy. Recent

funders include the Economic and Social Research Council, Cabinet Office, Dept of Business

Innovation Skills, Innovate UK, International Labour Organisation, and a number of charities.

Previously he has carried out research in Ghana, Nigeria, India, Pakistan and Nepal. He is also a

founder and director of a social enterprise preschool.

Morven McEachern

Dr Morven McEachern began her career in agri-food production and research and consultancy

where she held management roles. She developed an interest in food ethics and completed a

PhD which looked at consumer attitudes towards ethical food production. She took up the

position of Reader in Marketing in 2013, at Salford Business School, to help establish the Centre

for Social Business.

Morven's research activity focuses on consumption behaviour, ethics and sustainability.

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Chris Martin

I am currently the principal investigator for a Management and Business Development Research

Fellowship funded by the ESRC, Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS)

and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES).

The integrating thread that draws together my diverse professional background is a fascination

with the space in which people and technologies interact. My current research focuses on

digital platforms for citizen led environmental value creation. Such platforms play a mediating

role in connecting citizens and shaping their interactions, and open up possibility for new and

diverse forms of pro-environmental practice and behaviour.

Chris Mason

Dr Chris Mason joined the Faculty of Business & Enterprise at Swinburne University of

Technology, Melbourne in 2011 having taught in the UK for more than seven years, and was

appointed as Senior Research Fellow for the Swinburne Centre for Social Impact in 2013. His

research interests cover social enterprise, policy development, discourse, identity and

corporate social responsibility (CSR). Chris coordinates collaborations between discipline groups

in the Faculty and between Faculties at SUT.

Chris's work at the CSI centres on developing collaborative projects with civil society, public

and private organisations and generating novel insights into the social impact of their

operations. Chris plays a developmental role for social enterprise in Australia, raising awareness

of their work through high quality research.

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Georg Mildenberger

Georg Mildenberger manages the research department of the Heidelberg Centre for Social

Investment. He has been working at CSI since 2007, and coordinated the CSI's Master's

programme in "Nonprofit Management and Governance". He was also head of several research

projects. From 2002 to 2007 he was a post-doc researcher for the Interdepartmental Centre for

Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities at Tübingen University, where he directed a variety of

projects in the areas of ethical education and public discourse on ethics. He holds a doctoral

degree from Darmstadt University, and a master's degree in philosophy and political science

from Tübingen University.

Alex Murdock

Professor Alex Murdock, London South Bank University is an experienced academic and

researcher with extensive professional knowledge and experience across both charity and not

for profit sectors, as well as national boundaries.

He also has successful Board level and organisational development experience (including two

Chair roles) in social service and social enterprise, as well as senior level management and

professional career in social services.

His specialist areas of interest include charity management, government management, not for

profit leadership and social enterprises

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Alex Nicholls

Dr Alex Nicholls is Professor of Social Entrepreneurship within the Skoll Centre for Social

Entrepreneurship at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. His research interests range

across several key areas within social entrepreneurship and social innovation, including: the

nexus of relationships between accounting, accountability and governance; public and social

policy contexts; impact investing; and Fair Trade.

As the first staff member of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship in 2004, Nicholls has

helped the Centre develop a global profile in researching and teaching social entrepreneurship.

Michael Roy

After completing his Masters in Social Research (Policy Analysis) at Glasgow Caledonian,

Michael joined the Yunus Centre in the summer of 2011, and was appointed Lecturer in Social

Business in January 2014. A sociologist, Michael’s main research interests, and the subject of

his PhD, include the conceptualisation of social enterprise as a health and well-being

‘intervention’. He is currently working on a major European funded project on social enterprise

and social entrepreneurship called EFESEIIS. In 2013 he was voted by his academic peers to join

the board of EMES, the longest running and largest social enterprise research network in the

world.

He has significant experience working with a wide range of groups in the voluntary and

community sectors, and those involved in developing and supporting social businesses in

Scotland.

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Mariarosa Scarlata

Dr. Mariarosa Scarlata received a PhD in Management Studies, with a focus on

entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial finance, from ESADE Business School (Spain) after

receiving a "Laurea" from Bocconi University in Italy. Prior to joining Surrey Business School, Dr.

Scarlata was appointed as fellow in finance by the London School of Economics in 2010 and

became lecturer in entrepreneurship at Newcastle University Business School thereafter.

Her research interests include entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, venture capital and

philanthropic venture capital

Roger Spear

Roger is Chair of the Co-operatives Research Unit and Professor of Social Entrepreneurship in

the Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology at the Open University. Recently he has

carried out studies of social enterprises in the UK and Europe. He is currently working on

various projects on social innovation and entrepreneurship.

Simon Teasdale

Simon Teasdale is Professor of Public Policy and Organisations and Social Innovation Change

Leader at Glasgow Caledonian University. Prior to this he worked at the Economic and Social

Research Council (ESRC) Third Sector Research Centre at the University of Birmingham and has

had visiting fellowships at the Universities of New South Wales and Georgia State. He has a BA

in Economics and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Manchester.

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As Social Innovation Change Leader Simon has overall responsibility for developing a social

innovation culture across GCU. This involves working closely with AshokaU and other partner

organisations as part of our efforts to become recognised globally as a pioneer in social

entrepreneurship research and education.

Judith Terstriep

Judith Terstriep (Economist) studied economics at the University Duisburg-Essen with a focus

Marketing and Planning & Organisation. She graduated in 1998 as a Master of Business

Economics including her diploma thesis on the Market Potential of Voice over IP in Germany.

Since March 2002, she has been working as researcher at the department of Innovation, Space

& Culture at the Institute for Work and Technology. Her primary research interests involve the

interplay of innovation, (social) relations and knowledge from the perspective of innovation,

management and spatial theory.

Chris West

Chris has an ecology background, having completed a PhD in Fisheries Management. He joined

the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) York in September 2011 on a Defra-funded project to

develop a multi-regional input-output methodology to link UK imports to impacts on

international biodiversity.

He is part of the Sustainable Consumption and Production group at SEI York, involved in developing and maintaining a number of SEI's REAP Suite of sustainable consumption tools developed at York, including REAP Petite, REAP Tourism and EUREAPA. He also sits on the

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steering group and undertakes research for the NETpositive Initiative which is developing tools to introduce small and medium sized enterprise to economic, social and environmental sustainability.

Rafael Ziegler

Rafael Ziegler studied philosophy and economics at the London School of Economics and at

McGill University. He has worked as a lecturer at McGill University, ECLA, and FU Berlin, and as

a deputy professor for environmental ethics in Greifswald.

Since 2009, he is head of research of GETIDOS, a social –ecological platform researching sustainable solutions, with a focus on social entrepreneurship and social innovation. In 2012, he co-initiated the Big Jump Challenge.

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The York Management School

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The York Management School

The Department The York Management School offers quality teaching, based on influential scholarship, an

international profile and strong links with business to develop entrepreneurial and highly

employable graduates. The School's strategy is to position itself as a socially progressive school

of management and business study, so continuing the 1963 founding principles of the

University of York which are excellence, equality and opportunity for all. The School runs

teaching programmes at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level. There are

undergraduate degrees in; Accounting, Business Finance and Management and in

Management. The Masters Programme has taught degrees in Accounting and Financial

Management, Management, Management with Business Finance, Global Marketing, Human

Resource Management, and International Business and Strategy. There are also plans to launch

a new BSc Actuarial Science and BSc Marketing in 2016. Joint Masters degrees are also run with

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the university's departments of Sociology, Politics and Environment. There are approximately

1,000 students in the School with circa 650 undergraduates studying on three and four year

degrees and 355 taught postgraduates studying on our one year masters programmes.

The School currently has 40 doctoral students some of whom are employed as Graduate

Teaching Assistants. The PhD programme is recognised by the ESRC for Research Training, and

we currently run an ESRC-recognised MRes degree. The School is an active member of doctoral

training networks in the north of England and in particular is a member of the White Rose

consortium that includes the Universities of York, Leeds and Sheffield.

The School's objective is to produce distinctive, challenging, high quality, policy and practice-

relevant research and scholarship embedded within relevant theory. We value inter-disciplinary

research and there is considerable research activity involving staff from a variety of subject

groups and other departments in the university. Such activity takes place both at teaching

subject level and as part of our four research centres. These are the Centre of the Evolution of

Global Business and Institutions (CEGBI), the Centre for the Study of Working Lives (which are

located in the School ) , YCCSA (York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis) and The White Rose

Centre for Building Up Resilience in Supply Chains (BURNS) that is shared throughout the

University.

Since its creation in 2006, the School has created a reputation for high quality work in all areas

of business and management research that has a critical focus. In particular, this critical focus

has been applied to Organisational Behaviour; HRM (where the group has made significant

contributions to employee ownership, employee relations and HRD research); Accounting (with

an emphasis on risk, accounting history, post-colonial accounting and care ethics); Business

History (where the School has an enviable reputation in respect of historical branding studies)

and the evolution of global business and trade. More recently, it has initiated two new areas of

research, namely, Social Entrepreneurship and the broad field of Business and Sustainable

Management, which reflects our socially progressive and emancipatory approach to business

and management in the 21st century.

The University of York was ranked 14th overall in the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF)

2014. The proportion of our research of world-leading 4* status was among the highest of any

UK university and York was rated tenth out of 122 higher education institutions for the impact

of our research. TYMS achieved an overall GPA of 2.87 in the REF 2014 and 50% of our impact

was ranked as 4 star.

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The University Founded on principles of excellence, equality and opportunity for all, the University of York

opened in 1963 with just 230 students. In 2015 it is the centre for almost 16,000 students

across over 30 academic departments and research centres. In just over 50 years we have

become one of the world's leading universities and a member of the prestigious Russell Group.

Academic excellence

The University has consistently been recognised as one of the leading Higher Education

Institutes and is one of just six post-war universities which appear in the world top 100 (2013-

14) and 11th in the Times & Sunday Times league table (2014). The University of York has won

six Times Higher Education (THE) Awards and five Queen's Anniversary Prizes.

We are proud of our association with Athena SWAN in support of women in science, with gold

awards for both Chemistry and Biology and a University-wide bronze award.

Our vision is to make the University of York a world leader in the creation of knowledge through

fundamental and applied research, the sharing of knowledge by teaching students from varied

backgrounds and the application of knowledge for the health, prosperity and well-being of

people and society.

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Out of 154 universities that took part in the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014), The

University of York ranks 14th overall and 10th on the impact of our research. The University is

consistently in the top ten UK research universities and attracts over £60m a year of funding

from research alone.

Attractive workplace

Centred around the picturesque village of Heslington on the edge of the city of York, our

colleges are set in an attractive landscaped campus. With a compact and easy to get around

design, York enjoys a safe, friendly atmosphere. The campus offers a wealth of facilities, which

includes bars, shops, theatres and concert halls all within easy walking distance.

The University has undergone an unprecedented period of expansion and renewal. Since 2000

we have invested in twenty new buildings on the original campus and have completed the first

and second phases of a £750m campus expansion. Our investment in new colleges, teaching

and learning space, laboratories, research facilities and a new sports village mean there has

never been a better time to join us.

During this period of change we've worked hard to retain our friendly, informal and collegiate

atmosphere, which is important to our core values of inclusivity and interdisciplinarity.

We have a thriving international community and are committed to providing all staff moving to

York with as much support as possible through our Relocation Package and Welcome Officers.

The University aims to offer a nurturing and supportive environment as an employer. Flexible

working hours, nursery facilities, childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme, generous holidays

and an attractive pension scheme all make the University of York one of the region's leading

employers.

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The City and the Region

The City of York

Internationally acclaimed for its rich heritage and historic architecture, York's bustling streets

are filled with visitors from all over the world. Within its medieval walls you will find the iconic

gothic Minster, Clifford's Tower and the Shambles - just a few of the many attractions.

But York isn't just a great place to visit – it’s also a great place to live and work. While

nourishing a vibrant cosmopolitan atmosphere, York still maintains the friendly sense of

community unique to a small city. Visit www.visityork.org for more information on the city of

York

Shopping, culture and entertainment

York boasts specialist and unique boutiques but also all the high street stores on its busy

shopping streets. Alongside them you will find cinemas, theatres, an opera house, art galleries,

a vast range of restaurants, live music venues and clubs. York is particularly renowned for its

multitude of pubs and bars, from the modern to the medieval.

Yorkshire

The Lonely Planet guide recently declared Yorkshire the third best region in the world to visit.

There is something to cater to every taste, whether it be the rugged landscapes of the Moors or

the Dales, the picturesque seaside towns of Scarborough and Robin Hoods Bay, the gothic

architecture of Whitby or the vibrancy of cosmopolitan Leeds.

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Our Supporters and Sponsors

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The Skoll Centre for Social Enterprise, University of Oxford

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About Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship

Vision & mission

Our mission

The mission of the Skoll Centre is to accelerate the impact of

entrepreneurial activity that aims to transform unjust or

unsatisfactory systems and practices.

We do this by:

•cultivating talent and emerging leadership: we offer world-class

graduate education that provides students with the vision and

skills to bring together market-based approaches and social

innovation

•supporting actionable insight through research: we generate

research that contributes to the theory of social entrepreneurship

and its practical applications to address critical global challenges

whilst developing and supporting a network of academics and

practitioners to disseminate this knowledge globally

•catalysing deep exchanges with a global community of

innovators: we connect social entrepreneurs with thought leaders

and key players in business, government, and philanthropy to

enhance social impact.

History - About the Skoll Centre

The Skoll Centre was launched in 2003 at Saïd Business School,

Oxford University to promote the advancement of social

entrepreneurship worldwide. It was founded with a generous

grant from Jeff Skoll - this is the greatest amount of funding ever received by a business school

for an international programme in social entrepreneurship.

The first Skoll Skollars were welcomed in the fall of 2004, and the first Skoll World Forum on

Social Entrepreneurship quickly followed that same year.

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About the Skoll Foundation

The Skoll Foundation was created in 1999 by Jeff Skoll, to promote his vision of a more peaceful

and prosperous world.

Today the Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and

celebrating social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving the world’s most

pressing problems.

By identifying the people and programs already bringing positive changes to communities

throughout the world, the Skoll Foundation empowers them to extend their reach, deepen

their impact and fundamentally improve society.

About Jeff Skoll

Jeff Skoll is founding President of eBay and has a track record of launching businesses that

result in positive social change.

Jeff founded the Skoll Foundation in 1999 , and is also the founder of Participant Media (2004) and the Skoll Global Threats Fund (2009). Jeff believes that strategic investments in the right people can have a lasting social impact.

What does the Centre do?

The Skoll Centre is a leading global entity for the advancement of social entrepreneurship. We foster innovative social transformation through education, research, and collaboration.

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The University of Northampton

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Enterprise In 2010 the University of Northampton set a strategic goal to be

Britain's leading university for social enterprise by 2015. In 2013

(two full years ahead of schedule) Ashoka U, the world's leading

network of social entrepreneurs, awarded the University of

Northampton the international accolade of 'Changemaker Campus',

in recognition of our commitment to social enterprise and the excellence of the opportunities

this commitment gives to our students.

We're the first university in the UK and Europe to achieve this honour, and one of only 24 in the

world with the 'Changemaker' designation, joining prestigious institutions such as Brown

University, The University of Colorado and Tulane University. We define social enterprise as

using market disciplines to achieve a social outcome driven by social values. The University of

Northampton's social enterprise work is underpinned by three very clear values:

we will provide a unique student experience of the very highest quality, developing both

theoretical and practical competence in social enterprise that prepares the leading

social entrepreneurs of the future

we will encourage, support and develop entrepreneurial skills and enterprising attitudes

among our students, our staff, and the members of the communities we work with

we will deliver a fairer and more inclusive society

As a university we are 'living' these values through seven key social enterprise initiatives:

a unique student experience that builds on our Changemaker Campus commitment -

enabling all students to develop the skills required to stand out in the employment

market and to be the change leaders of the future

the integration of social enterprise with teaching and research - all of our courses,

research opportunities and extracurricular activities build social enterprise and

innovation competence within our students as well as offer competitive degree

qualifications

nationwide support for social enterprise - our Inspire2Enterprise service provides

comprehensive customer focused and market driven support to new and existing social

entrepreneurs and enterprises

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investment in social enterprises - where we identify social enterprise activities that

provide both exceptional placement opportunities for students and make life better and

fairer, we will invest in them

evolution of University support functions to social enterprises - we will examine each of

our support services, and where possible run them as social enterprises, providing

services to the University community on a commercial basis while also fulfilling a clear

social purpose

creating a fairer society for all – working with a wide range of partners we develop

socially innovative ways of transforming the lives of everyone for the better - whether

that is through influencing the private sector, transforming public sector service delivery

or building capacity in the social enterprise sector

influencing policy and practice – using our knowledge and experience we will influence

the policy and practice of social enterprise in the UK and beyond

Delivering these seven social enterprise initiatives means our students have unique

opportunities to develop high level work place and entrepreneurial skills that will help them

stand out in their future careers, whatever they decide to do.

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Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health

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Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health

Welcome to the Yunus Centre

for Social Business and Health

The Yunus Centre for Social

Business and Health is based at

Glasgow Caledonian University

and aims to transform the lives

of the poorest through

pioneering research examining

the relationship between social business and health improvement.

Named after the Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, the centre's unique research

evaluates the impact of social business creation on the lives and health of disadvantaged

communities in Glasgow and overseas.

The first holder of the Yunus Chair in Social Business and Health is Professor Cam Donaldson,

one of the world's foremost health economists.

The Yunus Centre works closely with the Institutes for Applied Health Research and Society &

Social Justice Research as well as the wider University and international collaborators.

Our Vision

Our vision is of a unique, interdisciplinary centre of excellence, researching the impact of social

business and microfinance provision on the health and well-being of disadvantaged

communities in Scotland, the UK and overseas

Our Mission

To achieve our vision and make a tangible difference to people’s lives through:

Better understanding health risks in deprived communities and the determinants of

health inequalities in affluent societies;

Examining how such risks and inequalities can be mitigated by social rather than medical

interventions;

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Developing methods and exploring disciplinary interfaces to devise new frameworks for

evaluating social business, microfinance and related social inclusion innovations;

Collaborating with the public, policy makers and practitioners in translating research

evidence for improvement in health and well-being.

Our Focus

Generally, this means that the focus of the research conducted at the Yunus Centre at GCU is

on:

social business, microcredit and social inclusion ‘interventions’ which aim to tackle

vulnerability to low income or disadvantage, with its consequent impacts on health and

well-being, and where ‘vulnerability’ might reflect poverty but also other aspects of

social disadvantage (e.g. rural isolation, frailty in old age);

the potential role of public funding for social business, microcredit and social inclusion

interventions, as this may involve demonstrably better value from public investment

relative to other interventions;

responses to health inequalities which have more of a bottom-up (i.e. stemming from

and involving communities themselves) as opposed to ‘top-down’ origin; and

partnering with social businesses and microfinance providers with a strong social

mission.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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About Us

JRF works for social change in the UK by researching the root causes of social problems and

developing solutions. Together with the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, we use our evidence

and practical experience of developing housing and care services to influence policy, practice

and public debate

Poverty in the UK

Our aim: to identify the root causes of poverty and

injustice.

For more than 100 years, we have investigated the root

causes of poverty, monitoring its effects on people and

places in the UK.

Current welfare reforms are a big challenge for anti-poverty work. Our poverty theme seeks to

understand their impact on people and places in poverty. We also agree that the social security

system can and should be improved to work better for them. We aim to understand the

impacts of the recession on poverty and how employment really can become a sustainable

route out of poverty.

We will search for the causes of and solutions to

poverty in the UK. These include practical

strategies to reduce poverty, and wider social

and economic inequalities, focusing particularly

on the contribution of work, skills and economic

growth.

We will be the place to get the facts about

poverty and inequality.

Our key activities this year are:

Publishing the first evidence and policy reviews from the anti-poverty strategy

programme.

Launching the Future UK Labour Markets programme reports, using them to influence

policy and practice on employment and skills.

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Updating our research on a Minimum Income Standard for the UK, returning to

pensioners and childless adults for the first time to see how standards have changed

since 2008.

Monitoring Poverty reports for Northern Ireland and the UK, and putting more charts on

the JRF Data site – the place to get the facts on poverty trends.

Managing new quantitative research projects on the links between ethnicity and

poverty.

A new programme exploring the drivers and experiences of destitution in the UK.

Place

Our aim: To support resilient communities and

places where people thrive.

Communities across the UK are feeling the effects

of austerity measures, while demographic change

and climate change add to the risk that

disadvantaged people and places will suffer the

most. We continue to look at how social,

economic, environmental and policy changes

affect housing, neighbourhoods and different places in the UK. We are focusing on four themes:

Housing – exploring the relationship between housing and poverty to identify effective

housing solutions for people living in poverty; and how we can tackle volatility in the

housing market;

Cities, growth and poverty – how economic growth in cities could benefit people in

poverty;

Climate change and communities – how communities in the UK can improve their

resilience and responses to the effects of climate change, such as flooding, heatwaves

and energy efficiency;

Deprived communities and neighbourhoods – how communities are coping with the

cuts; and how poverty can be addressed at the local level.

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At Derwenthorpe, our mixed-tenure development on the edge of York, we are working

with the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust to research and demonstrate how a socially

and environmentally sustainable community can work in practice.

Ageing society

Our aim: To respond positively to the

opportunities and challenges of an ageing

society.

By 2020, the Office for National Statistics (ONS)

predicts that people over 50 will make up

almost one-third (32%) of the workforce and

almost half (47%) the adult population.

This requires us to think differently about

ageing. The implications of an ageing society affect all of us, across generations and will touch

every part of our lives. Our ageing society provides opportunities as well as challenges for

individuals, families, communities, employers and government.

We’re working to understand how these demographic changes will affect the way we live

together, work together and support each other, whatever our age. We use evidence from

research, practice and lived experience to develop practical solutions and inspiring ideas that

show how people and communities – now – are responding to ageing and old age. Much of our

current work is local, practical and neighbourhood-based.

We’re focusing on five themes:

Work and poverty – this year we launch new work aiming to understand the impact of

an ageing workforce and longer working lives across generations, more particularly

those at the bottom of the labour market. Our work on living standards and poverty in

later life continues in 2014, looking to understand the likely incomes and circumstances

of future generations of older people

Risk and relationships – we’re exploring how risks and relationships are best managed in

care homes and investigating risk and trust in everyday relationships where families,

friends and neighbours might be part of an informal network of care and support.

Dementia - through our Dementia Without Walls work we are working in partnership to

develop dementia-friendly communities in York and Bradford and to influence

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dementia-friendly communities across the UK. We are also on our way to becoming a

dementia-friendly organisation and employer.

Loneliness – following our neighbourhood approaches to loneliness in four

neighbourhoods across Bradford and York, this year we will focus on sharing the

learning from this work to influence others to invest in this type of approach in their

communities

Quality of life – we’re working in partnership to put the findings from our research into a

good quality of life in older age into practice

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Getting to the University

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Maps and Directions Getting to York is easy from anywhere in the world. We have great rail links, easy access to major road networks and short travel time to international airports. Our main campus is in Heslington, in the south-east of York, a short bus ride from the city centre.

Getting to the University by bus There are buses from the centre of York which are approximately every 10-12 minutes (slightly longer on a Sunday). Both the number 4 and Unibus 44 leave right outside the train station. It will take about 20 minutes to get to the campus from the city centre. Please note that you should stay on the bus past the main campus and disembark at the Heslington East Campus. Unibus 44 will go directly to the Ron Cooke Hub, whilst the number 4 will drop you at the top of the campus, a 2 minute walk to the Ron Cooke Hub. There will be signs on campus to direct you. Number 44 Unibus This bus starts in the city centre, it then goes onto the train station and then onto the University’s main campus Heslington West, before finishing at the Heslington East campus (where the conference is being held). You can also use this service to get into the city centre from the University. Between the train station and campus it will only cost you £1.50 if you have a rail ticket you can show. Number 4 (First Group) This bus starts in Acomb, it then goes onto to the train station, then to the city centre and then onto the University’s main campus, Heslington West, before finishing at Heslington East. You can also use this service to get into the city centre from the University. Between the train and station and campus only costs £2. Both the number 4 and number 44 offer a free shuttle service between campuses. Getting to the University by taxi At the train station there is a taxi rank whereby you can get a taxi to the University. However, due to the frequency of the buses, it can often be just as quick and significantly cheaper to use the bus. Local taxi companies Getaway Cars – 01904 622 228 Fleetway Taxis – 01904 365 365 659 Taxis – 01904 659 659 Station Taxis – 01904 623 332 Streamline Taxis – 01904 638 833 York Car Taxis – 01904 765 765

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Getting to the University by car If you are travelling by car, please approach the University from the junction of the A64 and A1079. There is parking on campus but it is limited and there is a charge of £1 per hour. Please note that there is no access to the University car park at Heslington East from Freboys Lane. You must follow the signs to Grimston Bar Park and Ride on Hull Road. The university car parks are signposted from there. Please see the maps below for further guidance. Post code for Satnav for Heslington East – YO19 5LA, which takes you to Grimston Bar park and ride, then follow the signs for the University.

Getting to the University From York Railway station to the University Campus There is a frequent, fast train service to York on the main East Coast Line from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh. There is also a direct service between York, Leeds and Manchester Airport. If you arrive at York railway station on specific days there will be a coach service to help you travel to the University. See more about the orientation programme of events. By bus Take the number 44 Unibus Transdev bus, or the number First York 4 bus from the front of the railway station to the University campus. A single ticket costs £1.50 (or £2 for a return journey on the same day). Tickets are purchased direct from the driver or from the bus conductor. Try to provide the exact amount in change, it is not advisable to pay using a large note By taxi Take a licensed taxi from outside the front of the railway station and ask to go to the Ron Cooke Hub on Heslington East. A taxi will cost approximately £7.00 - £10.00.

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Map of York

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University Location Map

Walking to the city centre from the train station If you arrive early, you can easily walk to the centre of York from the train station.

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University Accommodation

Franklin House – B & B Go to https://www.speedybooker.com/vendor/franklinyork.aspx for further information Address: Franklin House, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD Check-in: From 2pm. Check-out: By 9.30am. Upon arrival please go to Alcuin College Reception to collect your key. The reception is open 24hrs a day. Parking is available in the Campus pay and display car parks. Parking is free overnight from 6pm to 8am and over the weekend. The closest car park to the accommodation is car park north. From here you will need to walk to Alcuin College Reception. Please note the National Science Learning Centre is not the reception.

James House – B & B Go to https://www.speedybooker.com/vendor/jamesyork.aspx for further information Address: James College, Newton Way, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom Check in: From 2.00pm Check out: By 9:30am College Reception is manned 24 hours a day. Parking – Car parking is available in Pay and Display car parks on campus. Nearest railway station - York Railway Station Buses (number 4 or 44) to campus every 10-15 mins, journey time is 15 minutes. Taxi to campus from outside the station takes 10 minutes, approx. £8.00.

Halifax College – Self Catering Go to https://www.speedybooker.com/vendor/halifaxhostel.aspx for further information Address: Halifax College, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom Check In: From 2.00pm Check Out: By 9.30am

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On arrival please go to Halifax College Reception, which is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to collect your room key. Directions: Approach the University from the junction of the A64 and A1079 on the east of the city, from where the University is signposted. Parking - Car parking is available in Pay and Display car parks on campus. Parking is also available at Halifax College for cars with parking hangers. The parking hangers must be purchased prior to arrival by calling York Conferences on 01904 328431 and this will then be available for you on check in. By Train: Nearest railway station: York. Taxi to campus from outside the station takes 10 minutes and is approx £8.00 By Bus: Buses (No. 4 or 44) to campus every 10-15 minutes with a journey time of 15 minutes. The locations of the accommodation detailed above, are shown on the map below;

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University Accommodation Circled in Red

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How to Access Free Wifi Accessing the network: How do I log into the CityConnect WiFi? You can access the network by selecting the CityConnectWiFi option from your wireless enabled device. This will then direct you to a splash page whereby you can select to log into the WiFi using social media or a registration form. Each option will ask you to agree to our Terms and Conditions before proceeding with the log on process. Please note this is not a university-managed system but that of a third party. Can I connect to the CityConnect WiFi network if I don’t have a social media account? Yes. There is a form based option which you can complete to gain access to the service.

Problems logging into the WiFi: Who do I contact if I am encountering issues with the WiFi service? If you have any issues when logging into or when using the CityConnectWiFi service please email pshd@pinaclsolutions.com and your incident will be logged with Pinacl’s support desk. Please provide us with the following details; • Name • Email Address • Mobile number (optional) • The device your using • Details of the issue you are experiencing (along with details of the method of log in you are using) You will be given a unique reference number and will be contacted once your issue has been looked into. I have questions about the WiFi...who can I contact? Pinacl Solutions should be the only point of contact for any questions relating to the Public WiFi service. The email address to use is enquiries@cityconnectwifi.com All queries will be dealt with as soon as possible although a specific timeframe cannot be given. I am having problems logging in with social media, what should I do? If you are unable to log into the WiFi using Facebook or Twitter please use the registration form to gain access to the internet as we do not hold your social media log in details.

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If you are unable to find the answer you are looking for, please email enquiries@cityconnectwifi.com and a member of our team will get back to you as soon as possible.

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What to do in York

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York is a historical walled city full of world class attractions in one of Britain’s most beautiful cities. It has a vibrant nightlight with some saying that there is a pub to visit for every day of the year!

York has a rich heritage and some notable attractions are: York Minister York Minster is the largest gothic cathedral in Northern Europe, boasting masterpieces in in stained glass and stone. You can climb the central tower which has the most spectacular views of the city as well as take a historical journey through the interactive underground chambers hidden beneath the minster. A site worth seeing! For further information, please go to: http://www.yorkminster.org/home.html. York City Walls Almost the whole of York is surrounded by ancient walls which can you walk which provides tourists with the chance to enjoy the wonderful sights of York. Museum Gardens York Museum Gardens is a ten acre botanical garden which boasts a beautiful collection of trees, shrubs, perennials and bulbs. Set within the old ruins of St. Mary’s Abbey, tourists can explore the beauty of the ruins and gardens, whilst meeting the tamest squirrels you will ever meet! Located within the gardens is the Yorkshire Museum and York Observatory. For further information, please go to: http://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/york-museum-gardens/. York Castle Museum York Castle Museum explores York’s colourful past and is housed within a former prison. It is a site well worth seeing if you want to explore the history of York. It contains a number of permanent and special exhibits. For further information, please go to: http://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/. Yorvik Viking Centre The Yorvik Viking Centre was built upon well-preserved remains of part of Viking York found by the York Archeologic Trust. It takes tourists on a journey of Viking York with even the smells of this time being recreated! A must see attraction. For further information, please go to: http://jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/.

National Railway Museum The National Railway Museum houses over 1, 000, 000 objects from over 300 years of railway history. It is the UK’s largest railway museum, providing tourists with the chance to come aboard a number of trains throughout history. For further information, please go to: http://www.nrm.org.uk/.

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Whilst boasting many world class attractions, the city also has a vibrant nightlight and has some exceptional restaurants to try out delicious cuisine.

Some notable restaurants are: Lucia Wine and Bar Grill Located on Swinegate, Lucia wine bar and grill can really make you feel like you are in the Mediterranean. It is a family-run Italian restaurant serving delicious food and wine. The outside area is heated, with blankets available if you are that extra bit chilly. Above Lucia, is the newly renovated Lounge bar where you can enjoy a number of cocktails, from frozen daiquiris to mocktails and shots. For further information, please go to: http://www.luciawinebar.co.uk/york.php. Khao San Road Located on Walmgate, Khao San Road brings cuisine from Thailand to the centre of York. Using only freshly prepared ingredients, this little Bistro prides itself on creating authentic Thai food. For further information, please go to: http://khaosanroadyork.co.uk/. Café Number 8 Located on Gillygate, Café number 8 offers an exceptional dining experience. It has a reputation for serving culinary excellence, using only fresh produce located within Yorkshire. A restaurant definitely worth visiting. For further information, please go to: http://www.cafeno8.co.uk/. Goji Café Located on Goodramgate, Goji café is a vegetarian restaurant which also has a range of vegan food on offer as well. The cafe uses only organic and fair trade ingredients and tries to source all of its ingredients from local suppliers. Goji is famous for creating exciting and delicious vegetarian and vegan dishes. For further information, please go to: http://www.gojicafe.co.uk/. El Piano Located on Grape Lane, El Piano is a vegan restaurant serving a number of gluten-free vegetarian dishes. All of its produced is organic and is sourced locally and provides guests with an exceptional number of delicious dishes to try. For further information, please go to: http://www.el-piano.com/. Filmore Union Located on Low Petergate, with views of the minster, Filmore Union is a health café and juice bar. It provides a healthy yet delicious menu, with gluten free dishes available as well. Filmore Union is also open in the evening where they serve organic wines as well as their all-day menu. For further information, please go to: . http://www.filmoreandunion.com/locations/york/

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The Lime House Located on Goodramgate, The Lime House is an award winning restaurant serving authentic British food. It has an exceptional reputation in York for delivering outstanding food with a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. For further information, please go to: http://www.limehouserestaurant-york.co.uk/. Star Inn the City Located within the picturesque Museum Gardens in a riverside location, Star Inn the City is one of York’s newest and vibrant must go to restaurants. Serving modern British food with a Yorkshire twist, Star Inn the City provides guest with an unforgettable dining experience. For further information, please go to: http://www.starinnthecity.co.uk/index.htm. Bettys Tea Room Located on St. Helens Square, Bettys Tea Room is an iconic part of York’s history. Serving breakfast to afternoon teas and to dinners, this is one place which should not be missed. But be warned, due to its popularity and no booking service, there is always a queue outside to get in! For further information, please go to: http://www.bettys.co.uk/tea-rooms/locations/york.

Some pubs and bars worth visiting: The Golden Ball Located on Cromwell Road is our own community cooperative pub! Located within a Grade II listed building with Victorian décor, the Golden Ball has many locally produced beers available as well as guest ales on offer. For further information, please go to: http://www.goldenballyork.co.uk/. Evil Eye Evil Eye by name, Evil Eye by reputation, not for the faint hearted! It has an extensive cocktail selection, ranging from well-known cocktails to some of their own more adventurous concoctions. Serving not only cocktails, Evil Eye also has a large range of beers and ciders from across the world. Evil Eye is located on Stonegate. For further information, please go to: http://www.evileyelounge.com/. The Golden Fleece Located on Pavement, The Golden Fleece is York’s most haunted pub and thus one of the most haunted sites in England. Serving a number of different ales, beers and wines, it is well worth a visit … if you dare! For further information, please go to: http://www.thegoldenfleeceyork.co.uk/. Bora Bora Located on Swinegate, Bora Bora is York’s premier cocktail bar, with heated seating outside and music playing throughout the night. For further information, please go to: http://boraboracocktailbar.co.uk/.

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House of the Trembling Madness Located on Stonegate, House of the Trembling Madness is York’s most famous pub. Because of its intimate setting, the pub offers a one in one out policy but is well worth the wait. Hosting a fantastic décor, this pub is definitely worth a visit. For further information, please go to: http://www.tremblingmadness.co.uk/. Pivni Love real ale and craft beers? Then Pivni is for you! Located on Patrick Pool, within a cosy, quirky, sixteen century timber framed building, Pivni is serious about craft beers, having over eighty draught and draft beers for you to choose from. For further information, please go to: http://pivni.co.uk/. York Brewery Pubs York has its own micro-brewery and there are a number of York Brewery Pubs which are well worth visit. For more information please go to: http://www.york-brewery.co.uk/Pubs.